The Louisiana Department of Health has revoked the licenses from the seven nursing homes that evacuated over 800 residents to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish as Hurricane Ida approached. LDH executive counsel Stephen Russo says Baton Rouge businessman Bob Dean owns the nursing homes…
cut 13 (11) “…to their residents”
The nursing homes are located in Orleans, Lafourche, Jefferson, and Terrebonne Parishes. Seven deaths have been linked to the evacuation.

Senator John Kennedy visited hurricane-ravaged Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes yesterday and he’s worried about the long-term housing needs…
cut 5 (11) “….place to live”
Meanwhile, the White House has finally asked Congress to approve disaster relief funding for southwest Louisiana to address long-term recovery needs.

The federal government has yet to approve disaster food stamps, which would help Hurricane Ida victims that are not eligible for the regular food stamp program buy food. Department of Children and Family Services Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says the significant power outages in southeast Louisiana is playing a role in that decision…
cut 8 (11) “…a reason”

Meanwhile, the Second Harvest Food Bank of Louisiana is doing what it can to make sure storm survivors do not go hungry. Second Harvest spokesperson Jay Vise says they’ve delivered one-point-one million pounds of food, water, and supplies to storm victims thanks to donations that have come from food banks in Texas, Florida, and Tennessee…
cut 11 (11) “….as well”